This morning I was scanning through Facebook and I came across a post from Good Morning America. My first thought, Don’t click on it, Stacey! Leave the page. You’re only going to get irritated by the comments. Don’t. Do. It! But did I listen? Nope. I clicked. I read through numerous comments. And I got [...]

Last year it was all about the Zhu-Zhu Pets. But, to be honest, I just wasn’t feeling it. It was not a toy that jumped on to my kids’ radar and I was ok with it. But this year, I feel Cepia LLC. might have hit the mark — well, at least they hit my [...]

“I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee.”  ~Flash Rosenberg As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter here in the MidWest, I’m finding myself reaching more and more for that hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning. [...]

When we lived out in the Hamilton house, I was so much more relaxed when it came to the kids and food. More so, I was fine with them eating lunch as a picnic in the living room or spilling once in a while or the baby spitting up on the floor or…or…or. Don’t get [...]

I don’t know how radio show hosts, like Dave Ramsey, do it. Some of his callers absolutely infuriate me! Specifically, it’s the seemingly grown-up callers who reveal that they are totally mooching off their parents. And they see no issue with this. Really? You’re really going to complain that your parents won’t let you get [...]

For all practical purposes, we are done having babies. Yes, I know that things can happen. I’ve heard the stories about your friend’s neighbor’s sister who got pregnant 10 years after they ‘thought’ they were done. But it would take an act of God or a big mistake on the urologist’s part for us to get [...]

I just don’t understand the holiday system in our country. I mean, do schools and businesses just pick and choose which holidays they want to observe? Today is Columbus Day. I honestly thought that it was just one of those holidays where kids do cute extra projects at school to ‘celebrate’. Well, that and the [...]

I’m spent people. Spent. I wish I had something fabulous to write for you. But I’m sure my fabulous is stack up somewhere in the unpacked boxes or the mounds of garbage from cleaning two houses. The somewhat silver-lining is that after this weekend we HAVE to be completely moved out of the other house. The [...]

Ahhh! Coffee!!! Some call it their morning fuel. Others call it a sweet nectar from the gods. Me? I like to say it is “Mommy’s happy drink”. If you want mommy to be happy in the morning, make sure she has a cup of coffee! So, it’s only fitting that we dedicate an entire day [...]

Three years ago we sold our condo on land contract and moved to our rental house (we had just evicted our tenants). I cannot believe that was three years ago. And now, here I am this week, moving all of our stuff back to the condo. That’s the funny thing about land contracts. They don’t [...]